On December 18, 2017, the Company, collectively with its wholly owned subsidiary, Myers Holdings Brasil, Ltda. (“Holdings”), completed the sale of its subsidiaries, Myers do Brasil Embalagens Plasticas Ltda. and Plasticos Novel do Nordeste Ltda. (collectively, the “Brazil Business”), to Novel Holdings – Eireli (“Buyer”), an entity controlled by a member of the Brazil Business’ management team. The Brazil Business was part of the Material Handling Segment.

The Company has agreed to be the guarantor under a factoring arrangement between the Buyer and Banco Alfa de Investimento S.A. until December 31, 2019 for up to $7 million, in the event the Buyer is unable to meet its obligations under this arrangement. The Company also holds a first lien against certain machinery and equipment, exercisable only upon default by the Buyer under the guaranty. Based on the nature of the guaranty, as well as the existence of the lien, the Company believes the fair value of the guaranty is immaterial (based primarily on Level 3 inputs), and thus has recorded no liability related to this guaranty in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position (Unaudited). This guaranty also creates a variable interest to the Company in the Brazil Business. Based on the terms of the transaction and the fact that the Company has no management involvement or voting interests in the Brazil Business following the sale, the Company does not have any power to direct the significant activities of the Brazil Business, and is thus not the primary beneficiary.

On February 17, 2015, the Company sold its Lawn and Garden business to an entity controlled by Wingate Partners V, L.P. (“L&G Buyer”). The terms of the sale included promissory notes totaling $20 million that were originally set to mature in August 2020 with a 6% interest rate. During the third quarter of 2018, management of the Lawn and Garden business, now named HC Companies, Inc. (“HC”), requested an extension to the maturity of the notes as part of an effort to restructure their debt. The Company believes there is uncertainty about the ability to collect on the notes and corresponding accrued interest, and as a result, the Company recorded a provision for expected loss of $23.0 million within continuing operations during the third quarter of 2018. The Company ceased recognizing interest income as of September 30, 2018 following the recognition of the provision. In April 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with HC to amend and restate the notes (“Amended and Restated Notes”). The Amended and Restated Notes maintain the amounts due under the original terms of the notes, including interest, and extend the maturity to August 2022. The agreement to amend and restate the notes did not change management’s assessment of the uncertainty to collect on the notes.

In addition, approximately $8.6 million of the purchase price related to the Lawn and Garden sale was placed in escrow that was due to be settled by August 2016. The release of these funds had been extended pending the resolution of indemnification claims, as further described in Note 12. In April 2018, the Company reached agreement on the material terms of a settlement, and, as a result, recorded a pre-tax charge of $1.225 million to discontinued operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. The settlement was finalized and paid in May 2018, and upon settlement and release of any further obligation on behalf of the Company, the remaining $7.4 million was released from escrow to the Company.

In connection with the financial risk described above with HC, the Company further assessed its potential obligations under a lease guarantee granted as part of the sale of the Lawn and Garden business. Refer to Note 12 for further information with regards to this guarantee.

Summarized selected financial information for discontinued operations for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 are presented in the following table:

	For the Quarter Ended June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019		2018		2019			2018
Net sales	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	—
Cost of sales		—		—		—			—
Selling, general, and administrative		—		—		—			1,225
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets		—		—		—			—
Interest income, net		—		—		(174	)		—
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income tax		—		—		174			(1,225	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		—		—		47			(314	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax	$	—	$	—	$	127		$	(911	)

Net cash flows provided by discontinued operations in 2019 resulted from the remaining receipt of the tax benefit from a worthless stock deduction, which was recognized as part of the sale of the Brazil Business. Net cash flows provided by discontinued operations in 2018 resulted from the partial receipt of the tax benefit from the worthless stock deduction related to the Brazil Business. The worthless stock deduction allowed the Company to reduced its estimated U.S. federal tax payments in 2018 by $4.3 million. This was partially offset by the payment of expenses related to the sale of the Brazil Business and the payment of the settlement with the L&G Buyer noted above.